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Counters
Examples: 74VHC393, 74VHC161
Counters count up or down sequentially on every clock (CK) pulse. A four-bit counter can have a modulus of up to 16; an eight-bit counter up to 256; and a 14-bit counter up to 16384. Some counters have the CLR input that is used to initialize the internal state to a known value.
Counters are incorporated in digital timers, electronic calculators, stopwatches, and many other devices.
Counters are broadly divided into asynchronous (ripple carry) and synchronous (parallel carry) counters. Let the propagation delay time of a single flip-flop be tpd. Then, an n-stage asynchronous counter incurs a large delay equal to n×tpd. It should also be noted that the asynchronous counter could produce hazards when the counter output is fed to a logic gate.
74VHC393 four-bit counter
Asynchronous: Ripple carry counter
Logic schematic of the 74VHC161 four-bit counter
Synchronous: Parallel carry counter
Timing diagram: The following shows the timing diagram of a typical synchronous (parallel carry) counter, which counts upward sequentially on each edge of the clock (CK).